I was born in Church St. in 1949. I lived in Thesiger St before moving to the prefabs in Nunsthorpe. How many older Grimbarians like myself have a tear in their eye when seeing this lovely presentation. Many thanks ... Leslie (I now live in London).
So much has gone. The sadness when I watch this runs deep. As much for the loss of what we once were as people of this great town as well as the loss of so many beautiful buildings. The lovely children in many scenes…. The proud Policemen. It’s enough to make you weep.
Many thanks for your comment. Although I put this together some time, I still watch it regularly and I too get the same reactions of deep sadness how much has gone, people places but also remembering the happier times I spent, having been born in Grimsby. But as in other towns and cities, times change, communities wiped out and new beginnings emerge but often not for the best.
Hello thank you for this great video. I live here for about 35 years now. I came from Worcester. What is the title of the music that plays till the end. I love it. Many thanks 👍
@@user-ui7kq9sw4fHello thank you for this great video. I live here for about 35 years now. I came from Worcester. What is the title of the music that plays till the end. I love it. Many thanks 👍
Can't believe I've lived up jordanthorpe batemoor area nearly 46 years and never knew that trams came all the way up here. Brilliant footage of a route I use often and to see it as it was all those years ago is brilliant. Just goes to show that the world keeps turning but you can always see something familiar that seems stuck in time
I'm pretty certain that the first picture is not Sheffield. It's too flat, Sheffield is much hillier than that. Born and bred Sheffield, I don't recognise any of those buildings.
Nice photos stolen from many places, I suppose. WTF is going on with your brain in the form of timeline? OMG.... The music has no addition to the chaosy!
A fascinating history of my home city. I remember the trams (just) the hole in the road before it got abused and the rise of all those blocks of flats.
Thanks lived in Sheffield from birth for 78 years. Lovely pics and sham about Old Tram service being abolished I used them for many years to go to work and what a good service they were
I was on the last [old] tram in the city in 1960 ,lived near British Steel in Templeborough ,it was 4 old pence to Sheffield center and 2 old pence to Rotherham center .Still got the old penny I placed on the line and it was well and truly squished ,Brian Jones ,from the Rolling Stones was a big Tram fan and he was on the Tram ,but of course nobody knew him then ,just a little tit - bit of history - good job on the video ,well done ! .
I came to Sheffield in 1990 during my 9 day adventure travelling to different parts of the UK, Sheffield was one of the locations and I remember The Moor, it was still passable by traffic, as I remember passing through on the bus. When did they pedestrianise The Moor?
I'm 70 and apart from a few months in 76, I have lived in Sheffield all my life - albeit at several different addresses - I can see two of them in one photograph (lived in many years apart), taken quite some time back, and effectively just round the corner from one another. I don't recognise a lot of the places shown here although I do recognise most, but there will be people much younger than me who won't have a clue. I notice there are captions on some photographs as to where they are so wasn't it possible to do it on each photo, also the year - if known - in which it was taken? Anyway, thanks for posting. I love local history.
Sheffield a city let down by it's political leaders. When the Thatcher government offered city grants they turned them away, Rotherham on the other hand accepted the cash with open arms,why would you not. On the other hand Sheffield welcomed the likes of Arthur Scargill's union Allowed Running battles at local mines and steel work's ect.ect. These actions put off inward investment alined to Sheffield's historic excellent skill set,but more importantly the future of those Industry's as they modernised going forward. The university's in the city are world class who knows what might of happened had the City taken that investment money and put it to good use then. Fortunately all was not lost as some of those facilities have been built strangely on the Parkway road to Rotherham,only much time has been lost hopefully jobs and the City's finances have not suffered unduly. Sheffield is a great City and so are it's citizens they deserve much better leadership. No more crazy left wing idealism more real world realism,let Sheffielder's prosper again with pride.
What a great film , notice how clean the streets used to be, and everyone well dressed . Great to see all the places i know so well. Thanks for sharing such a well made film.
I adored living in Sheffield as a student in the late 1970s. I remained for a few years afterwards until the lack of jobs forced me to move to "the Smoke" which I hated. My grandfather worked with Abercrombie on a civic survey for a major overhaul of Sheffield in the 1920s, only some of which happened due to red tape & funding, and then came the War, of course. But it meant my dad was born in Sheffield because Grandad lived there while working on the Survey Plan. Interesting to look through the numerous pages of the Survey at the Central Library. Lots of photos of Sheffield in the early 1920s plus street layouts that never happened.
My birth mum worked there a lived in accommodation that's why she gave me up for adoption it nice seeing these it makes me feel close to her she died before I found her I would love to fo round and walk the same rooms and hallways she did
Thank you for your comment. I also found out, about 15 years ago that an uncle worked on the wards and even more surprisingly, if not shockingly, another relative of mine was a short stay patient, after being diagnosed with a condition. What was left of the hospital has all been redeveloped now.
My maternal grandfather, Charles Lennox was a trawler man pre WW2. My father was Grimsby born and bred, whilst he was stationed at Binbrook in the early 60's we would go to Grimsby most weekends. Macauley Street, Haycroft Ave, taking Nan's emptys over the street to Cromes and getting her milk stout and Park Drive before the wrestling started, with a dip in the penny box as reward for a 5 year old doing an errand. Blundell Park floodlit matches in winter, with the smell of f&c, smoke and old coats. Sat Mat at the Odeon. Playing in the "square" at the back of Haycroft Ave and a kid digging up a small unexploded bomb in the couple of square yards of garden. There was a strange atmosphere to the area, the people all knew each other and front doors were often unlocked with friends coming and going, yet there was a sense of foreboding that seemed constant. I don't know why, maybe it was just me, wondering whether I was going to get lost again down one of the many alleyways.
39:05 can anyone work this picture out? (rail bridge and line branch) I can't make it work for Grimsby, the nearest I can get is Riby Sq, but there's no NatWest building, which I thought would predate this photo, that does look like Customs Hose bottom right though :o)
Not far out, it is the road crossing that was replaced by the flyover between ruby sq. and lock hill. The branch of the railway going off towards the lower left curves past the dock offices then crossed Union dock cutting on a swing bridge to gain access to the other side of the Royal Dock near Doig's slip. It also curved even tighter to the left near the offices to run along side the cutting and rounded the corner of the Alexander dock up to what is now the A 180 it used to be timber yards and sheds.
that was absolutely fantastic, thank you so much It's heartbreaking to look back on it really is but so nice to be able to look back on. I can't believe how nice the peace Gardens looked to what it does now ❤
I could just sit down and cry what have we done to our Towns and Citys in our once beautiful country if only we could turn the clock back .what a mess we have made in the name of progress.
They shouldn't knock down that great cinema beside John Lewis at the first place,such grant building with unique art deco design in details.Should have safe the front and rebuilt at the back. Many years later,they knock the current ugly steal building at the site,and replace it with lame square shoe boxes like building.I wonder how many years this new build will last before they want to knock it down again...
I can remember going to the Carlton cinema on Eastern Avenue as a lad with my Mum Dad and elder brother. Half way through the film stopped and a notice came on screen asking the owner of the car reg number BPO 192 to move it as it was blocking someone in. It was my Dads car. As the Cinema was full you can imagine the cheers and foot stamping as Dad got up to move it. I slipped down in my seat . At the time I was so embarrassed but now I think it quite funny . It must have left an impression on me as that and the first car I ever had are the only two registration number I can remember ☺☺☺☺☺☺
I love looking up history of our livelihood .I saw a housing history of Sheffield the other day one tower block was amazing .As soon as a tenant would come out of her flat there was quite alot of room to move .This encouraged niebours to congregate and chat .Not so isolated , During the video it showed a mikman dropping off milk bottles by the flat doors . One of its kind in those days I would say!
My father used to be on trawlers back in the seventies the ship was called the Oratava which was sold to somewhere in Africa these don’t half bring back memories wonder where all the lads are from nunsthorpe school great days Ian Myers a cheat at chess Russel Leeman Neil Stewart best friend at school Colin king great at football and first to get a chopper bike I wish you well lads if you read this
